September 2024 monthly meeting

Colin Thorburn (President of the Orchid Society of East Anglia) was our guest at our September 2024 meeting and gave a talk on the 23rd World Orchid Conference.  This triennial event took place in Taiwan and lasted 16 days – from 24-Feb-24 to 10-Mar-24.  It was...

Society members successful in BOC photo competition

At our meeting on 25-Sep-24, we received the news that one of our members, David Kohn, had come first in the British Orchid Council’s 2024 Photo Competition, and another, Phil Broom, had come third!  This is obviously an excellent result for Suffolk Orchid...

June 2024 monthly meeting

Our meeting on 26-Jun-24 was the Society’s Annual General Meeting, in which the main business was to hear the reports of the Society’s officers and the election or re-election of the Committee. Andy Gissing was presented with both the BOC Cup for the best...

May 2024 meeting and Suffolk Show

There were no display tables at our May 2024 meeting, as we had all taken our plants in flower to the Suffolk Showground the previous evening to contribute to the set-up of our stand there. And it was well worth it – not only was the stand awarded a ‘Large Gold’, it...

April 2024 monthly meeting

Our April 2024 meeting was the last before the Suffolk Show on 29/30 May. Could Members please bring plants to our stand in the Floral Tent by about 6pm on Tuesday 28 May, using the entrance down Bucklesham Road. Plants should be clean and well presented, and in black...